· 6/3/1992
Haimes v. Mississippi Bar
Citations
- 601 So. 2d 851
- 1992 Miss. LEXIS 319
- 1992 WL 118651
How courts have described this case
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- attorney transferred $5000.00 belonging to guardianship of incompetent to personal account and paid himself unauthorized \fees\ for services rendered
- \primary purpose of disciplinary action is to vindicate the reputation of the bar in the eyes of the public\
- Court affirmed Tribunal's disbarment of attorney for commingling client's funds with his own, following a prior, similar offense
- disbarment of an attorney who mishandled funds while serving as guardian for an estate
- attorney disbarred for using guardianship funds to pay for personal expenses and failure to learn anything from previous suspension
- “ primary purpose of disciplinary action is to vindicate the reputation of the bar in the eyes of the public”
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Judges: McRae
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